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Police are called as residents protest
over noise at Sains- bury’s.
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Thousands of peo ple flock to see our garden, woodland and craft festival at Stonyhurst College.
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A dark-coloured, panther-tvpe cat is seen near Newton.
There are plans to turn a former vil lage pub into hous ing units.
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A Clitheroe nature reserve which attr acts many visitors has won an award.
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A councillor is annoyed that a woman was charged 6179 for a US cook
Crash teenager’s father aims to raise money for hospital
THE father of a Clitheroe teenager who was seriously injured in a car crash in April is heading for the Scottish hills to raise money for the hospital which nursed him back to
health.Sixteen-year-old Christopher Dixon, of
Park Avenue, suffered multiple injuries when the car in which he was travelling
crashed along Whalloy Road. His friend, Thomas Iletherington-Fogg, was killed in
the accident. Christopher's father, Mr 1 aul Dixon,
and Mr Phillip Birch, a friend of Christo pher's sister, were so appreciative of the care the teenager received, they wanted to raise some money for the Blackburn Royal Infirmary intensive care unit where
he was cared for. Thev decided to head for Scotland to
spend four days scaling 15 Munros in the Glen Affric mountain range, the highest Munro is almost 4,000 ft. Mr Birch, a lecturer in health and nurs
ing studies, is an experienced walker and knows what to expect. But for Mr Dixon it will be a whole new experience. As many as 23 miles can be covered in one day, almost the equivalent of walking the three peaks, each day for four days. Sponsor forms are being circulated
around I Cl in Clitheroe where both Mr Dixon and his son work, and the town’s Tesco store where Christopher’s mother,
Lynn, works. Anyone wishing to make a donation
Birch. (C140800/3)
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World see beauty of the Ribble Valley
US camera crew captures our ‘undiscovered gem’ report by Julie Fra.nkla.nd______
THE beauty of the Ribble Valley, England s "undiscovered gem", is to be revealed to a global television audience of more than 250 million peo-
Pl<A camera crew from of the Valley for its CNN Internationa, devot
ed two days earlier this launPh| d in March to week to capturing the best
sQme o[ the world's
most beautiful holiday destinations and prestige
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day evening show, which is then repeated on Sundays and Thursdays, focuses on just one area, and the Rib ble Valley, from a recom mended touring base of Chipping's Gibbon Bridge Hotel, is among one of the first English locations to have been selected by the programme's researchers. Swopping the likes of
Bali, Beverly Hills, Fiji, Dubai and Cape Town for cool and cloudy visits to Whalley, Downham and Browsholme Hall may seem less exotic, but the crew s enthusiasm for the area could be not dented, accord ing to associate producer Mr Mat Callaghan. He bubbled: "I'm actually Eng lish, but I had no idea that this part of Lancashire was so beautiful. It is like an undiscovered gem. "There is so much to see
Dales link urged for tourism
MORE tourists could be attracted to the Ribble Valley if the area is linked to the Yorkshire Dales. In the opinion of some
members of the borough Parish Councils' Liaison Committee, the two areas have much more in common. Linking the Valley with Lancashire and its associa tion with cotton mills was, it was felt, a backward step. Although the local day
towards the walk can get in touch with
Mr Dixon on 01200 429024. Pictured are Mr Dixon (left) and Mr
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Murder hunt for wife’s body
POLICE yesterday appealed for local peo ple to help with a mur
der hunt. A major search for a
woman's body was under way along the A59 between Whalley and Gisburn. A large police helicopter,
an underwater search team and several vans full of offi cers wearing boiler suits and carrying search poles descended on the area. The operation was Quick
ly followed by a request from Greater Manchester Police for anyone who saw an E- registered two-tone beige and brown Toyota Corolla in the Ribble Valley on Friday
evening to contact them. It is understood that
detectives in Oldham are interviewing two men and a woman about the disappear ance of Mrs Nusurat Ahmed (32). She was last seen in Oldham on Friday. The search started on the
A59. near Sawley Brow, on Tuesday night and yester day spread along various other parts of the road on both sides of Clitheroe. Divers were seen at work
nearby. Visitors and residents
thronging the area watched the show of police strength with interest and some alarm. Several people approached the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times to see
to the economy of the area, not everyone was keen to see more tourists who, they commented, spent little
money and left all their litter
behind. The borough council is to
send a questionnaire to parish councils asking foi their opinions on the general importance of tourism.
tripper market was identi fied as being of importance
what was going on. The helicopter, under
stood to be from Greater Manchester, supplemented the ground search by scan-
ning various stretches of undergrowth at the side of
the carriageway. 9 Five years ago, parts of
the body of a woman from Burnley were located along the sides of roads in the area. A man was sent to prison for
life for her murder.
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Delaney and presented by Miss Jane Dutton, who, according to Mr Callaghan, is South Africa's equivalent of this country's Kirsty Wark, "Hotspots" will fea ture the Ribble Valley. It includes interviews with Gibbon Bridge Hotel pro prietor Miss Janet Simpson and Clitheroe Ghost Walk leader Mr Simon Entwistle, is first scheduled for broad cast on September 23rd at 6-30 p.m. UK time. Said Miss Simpson, who
Directed by Mr Frank
and do and the history of the region, with its Pendle witches and haunted pubs, adds to its fantastic charac ter. I think Americans in particular will be charmed "
loon launch: "The pro gramme represents a fabu lous opportunity for the Ribble Valley and the Gib bon Bridge to reach a world-wide audience." Having welcomed guests
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such as Shirley Bassey and comedians Ben Elton and Jack Dee, Miss Simpson and her staff are now brush ing up on their foreign lan guage skills in preparation for greeting more interna
tional visitors. Our photographs show
was told by the research team tha t her four-star hotel had been chosen as the perfect stop-over for its "individuality and personal touches" as much as for the luxury of its helicopter landing pad and hot-air bal
Miss Simpson with presen ter Miss Dutton and the CNN camera crew, plan ning aerial shots of the Rib ble Valley, preparing for take-off in the Gibbon Bridge helicopter, loaned from Griff Air of Bolton-by- Bowland (K150800/1).
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SH O E S B Y e \ e V > A 9 ONE lucky reader of
the Ribble Valley Explorer has won an overnight stay
at the Gibbon Bridge Hotel. For details, turn to
page 2. Town could become music mecca M EUROPEAN and National
I Lottery funding could make j Clitheroe the North's live
music mecca. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans
has pledged he will back open-air pop festival organisers Street Leisure Ltd in any bids for future public funding providing. . . O The festival in the grounds of
1 Clitheroe Castle, scheduled for the coming August Bank Holiday
weekend, is a success.
9 The festival is to be restaged in the future and become an annual
event.Following an on-site meeting with Street Leisure director Mr Phil Knight, also attended by Rib ble Valley Borough Council's Chief Executive Mr David Morris, festi val event manager Mr Chris Knagg, technical supervisor Mr Simon Knagg, Street Leisure accountant Mr Nigel Ramsey and Mr Peter Moore, of Ribble Valley Rail, Mr Evans promised his help
and guidance through the maze ofred tape of funding application
paperwork. Said Mr Evans: "I wholehearted
ly back this festival. I think it will be a wonderful event for Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley. I know that private investment is paying for the festival and that, while the organis ers have done their best to achieve a bill that has artists to suit all musical tastes, more money could have secured even bigger names. "I believe that people living in
rural areas should enjoy the same level and quality of entertainment
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and facilities as those in more urban centres. I don't think that rural areas have been doing as well as they should have been in terms J of money received from arts board, National Lottery and European funding. If the August Bank Holi day festival is a success, which I'm sure it will be, and if it is decided it should become an annual event, I will do everything I can to help O continued on page 2
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